FANTASY HOCKEY

{"playerId":2790,"percentChange":-0.5,"averageDraftPosition":190.1,"percentOwned":1.5,"playerRaterSEASON":-5.6,"playerRater7DAY":-2.5,"fullName":"Valeri Nichushkin","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"The highly skilled Nichushkin had a great rookie campaign, totaling 34 points and a plus-20 as a regular linemate of Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn. Nichushkin will reprise that role this season a year older and a year wiser. Still just 19 years old, Nichushkin's numbers will increase significantly if he can show enough awareness of his own end to get extra minutes. But the bottom line is that even if Nichushkin wasn't crazy-good at hockey, Seguin and Benn would drag him into the relevant range thanks to their skill on his line. Look for Nichushkin to have a breakout season in his sophomore campaign. He'll need to fight for first-unit power-play time, though -- and that won't be quite as easy with the addition of Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky. - SA","seasonId":2015,"date":"Mon Sep 22"},"playerRater30DAY":-5.2,"playerRater15DAY":-4.4,"positionRank":132}